maya kern

It’s that blessed time of the year where we all try to take stock of what we’ve done with our lives and what other people have created that we enjoyed. That’s right, it’s time to start putting together our “Best of 2016″ lists, and today we’re going to take a look at the Best Boom Studios Covers of 2016.

"Kawaii" is the first word that comes to mind when looking at Maya Kern's illustrations. She tends to gravitate toward media that's already on the cute side: Adventure Time, Homestuck, Pushing Daisies. Then she makes the eyes a little larger, the bodies a little rounder, and suddenly you just want to scoop up everything she draws and cuddle it into submission...